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Description

Allocation and Reimbursement of Defense Costs: Insurer's Duty to Defend

August 9, 2012

Time:

1:00 pm ET (12:00 pm CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT)

Length:

1 hour 30 minutes

ID:

390047

Special Offer

Live Audio Conference:

$199.00

$169.15

Live Audio Conference + CD:

$268.00

$227.80Best Value!

Can't Attend the Live Audio Conference?

CD/Manual Package Only:

$169.15

Members receive a 15% discount on all orders. You may register online or call Lorman at 866-352-9539. Please use Priority Code 16125 and Discount Code N5644671 when registering.

Benefits

This live audio conference will provide an overview of insurance coverage for defense of third-party claims and suits, focusing on how defense cost coverage is allocated and defense costs reimbursed under difference types of insurance policies, as among insurers, and as between insurers and insureds. Areas addressed will include critical components of the 'duty to defend,' key principles of defense coverage provided under 'duty to defend,' defense cost advancement, and defense cost reimbursement types of policies, the methodology used in allocating defense costs between and among different insurers, different types of coverages, and insureds, and circumstances in which insurers may 'claw back' defense payments previously made to insureds. The live audio conference will be beneficial to coverage counsel for insurers and insureds, defense counsel involved in representing insureds in 'defense coverage' situations, and risk management and insurance professionals.

Agenda

Overview – Defense Coverage

The 'Duty to Defend'

'Pay On Behalf Of' Defense Coverage

Defense Cost Advancement

Reimbursement/Indemnification of Defense Costs

Duty to Defend – Key Principles

Determining Existence of Duty to Defend

'Eight Corners' Rule

Extrinsic Evidence

Defending Under a Reservation of Rights

Conflicts of Interest and Right to Independent Counsel

Selection of Defense Counsel

Insurer Counsel Guidelines

Privilege Protection and Waiver Issues

Defense Counsel's Rates

Allocation of Defense Costs

Among Multiple Primary Insurers

Multiple Years of Primary Coverage

Concurrent Coverage (Including 'Additional Insured' Coverage)

'Targeted Tender'

Among Multiple Primary and Excess/Umbrella Insurers

Among 'Claims Made' and 'Occurrence' Policies

Among Insurers and Insured

Insurer 'Claw Back' or Reimbursement of Defense Costs From Insured

Under 'Duty to Defend' Policies

Under Defense Cost Advancement Policies

Under Defense Cost Reimbursement/Indemnification Policies

Faculty

John D. Shugrue, Reed Smith LLP

John D. Shugrue

Partner in the Insurance Recovery Group in Reed Smith LLP’s Chicago office

Experience with all major U.S. insurers and experienced in litigation, mediation and arbitration with Lloyd’s of London, and other London and Bermuda market insurers

Recognized as one of the top policyholder practitioners in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America

Writes and lectures often on insurance coverage topics, including D&O insurance, business interruption claims, environmental insurance coverage, coverage for emerging area of tort liability, use of ADR in insurance disputes, and special issues relating to Lloyd’s of London and the London insurance market

Co-wrote the treatise Insurance Coverage Disputes, published by Law Journal Press

Former co-chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee

All other Organizations must complete an Application for WSPA Continuing Legal Education Credits available in (PDF) or (Word) and submit it with a fee of $40 per event. Events should be appropriate for legal professionals, and WSPA reserves the right to not accept any event listing that does not meet the needs and goals of the association. Send a check for $40 (payable to WSPA) with your completed Application for WSPA CLE Credits to WSPA, P.O. Box 58530, Seattle, WA 98138. Please allow 7-10 days for processing your Application for WSPA CLE Credit approval.

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